I know what you're saying about the thin plots of many horror films, I just added Halloween as a nod to his directorial skills and the atmosphere he acheived on such a low budget .. the slowly building sense of dread, the timing is perfect. I was thinking about adding snake to the list, then I remembered Escape From LA! :) I love The Thing, a true masterclass in tension. If you have yet to see it and like a good cerebral head scratcher try Triangle. Also Predestination is a must! just don't judge it by it's trailer, It's a film that stayed with me for days. I also like Jacob's Ladder but I imagine you've seen that?
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I havn't seen Triangle so I'll take a look , Predestination i didn't like, Im a hard man to please I'm afraid and dodgy wigs give the plot away far too much. Have you seen Man From the Earth , I like the movie Pi also Adaptation is superb , Gattaca, Moon, Franklyn .... bit of a random list, i like originality. Im rarely pleased by more modern movies as I go for plot before anything else the only ones I've enjoyed over the past 5 years is Big Short , Under the Skin and the Jake Gyllenhall movie 'Enemy which went under most peoples radar and I believe is a masterpiece. i like when you said it stayed with you for days, thats important to me that i'm left with a feeling of wanting to understand more, shows depth. Westworld really gave me that feeling.
Ah man I loved Predestination. But then again I was in a very happy state of mind so that may have played a part, plus I'm also a huge fan of the original story .. which I'd recommend reading. Yes I love PI, Gattaca, Moon (different story but had a similar vibe to Silent Running) and Adaptation, but I've never got round to seeing Franklyn, Man from Earth so will look into those. These spring to mind as films I've enjoyed: The Fountain, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Cube, Into the wild, Cloud Atlas, The Thin Red Line, Apocalypse Now, Monsters and Shutter Island. I know what you mean about modern film, I think I've come to lower my expectations to a point where the average can stand out in a sea of sub mediocrity. I'm a huge fan of 70's cinema, a time when directors where experimenting with a new genre of freedom and Cinematography. I felt the Westworld series had multiple layers of depth and posed some really profound questions, excellent writing with many sublimal messages regarding the current state of humanity.
Yh i like all those movies Eternal sunshine is another Charlie Kaufman movie like Adaptation , the mans a genius. Shutter island is awesome reminds me of Angel Heart. I forgot that i also enjoyed other Nolan stuff other than Westworld I think they are great writers even the Batman Trilogy is decent but Interstellar and Inception really showed that cerebral movies can also be big box office. I agree certainly that the 70s was the golden era of cinema, effects were convincing but hadn't overtaken plot or subtext as priority. Deliverance, Badlands, Serpico, Godfather, Taxi Driver, Deer Hunter, One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest, Clockwork Orange ..... theres a 70s grittiness in all these movies that i love.
Easier to look at this link, my 100 top movies lol
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls033261689/
Yes I agree, otherwise this could go on for a while lol